Municipal · Drop-off · Free
Puntos Limpios Móviles y de Proximidad
Compartmented trucks that park in every district on set days, plus small permanent points inside sports centres and libraries, for the awkward small things, including clothes and shoes.
Right for you if
- It is small, awkward and slightly hazardous, a bulb, a battery, half a tin of paint, a bag of old clothes.
- It has to cost nothing.
- You can get it there under your own steam.
- You want to turn up without booking.
Look elsewhere if
- You have no way of getting it there.
- It is business waste.
- It is more than a household quantity.
Contact and booking
- Phone
- Not published
- Not published
- Book online
- Not published
- Address
- Not published
- Opening hours
- Mobile trucks park at fixed district stops on fixed days, in roughly 90-minute slots between 07:00 and 21:00. Proximity points keep the hours of the building that hosts them.
- Website
- Official website
Verification
Verified against an official source
Last checked 29 August 2026
That means we read a published source and it said this. It does not mean we watched them do it, or followed the material afterwards, that is a separate, deeper check this has not been through. How we check →
Sources
Part of How to get rid of stuff in Madrid.
Why use it
This is where the small awkward things go without a trip to one of the sixteen big sites. The mobile trucks take cooking and motor oil (5 litres), aerosols (5), batteries, toner and ink cartridges (4), low-energy bulbs and tubes (3), X-rays (50), paint and solvents (5 kg), a small appliance, CDs and tapes (20), syringes (30), a bicycle tyre, two pieces of small metal kitchenware, and used clothes and shoes, which the smaller proximity points do NOT take. What none of them accept: glass, paper, biowaste, wood, bulky items, large appliances, medicines, mercury, or anything radioactive, explosive or flammable. In high summer, from 15 June to 31 August, the 14:30 to 16:30 slots are dropped.
Good for
- electronics
- batteries
- paint
- clothes
- textiles
- books
- other items
How it works
| How you use it | You take it there. |
|---|---|
| Cost | "Servicio gratuito", free, for waste generated in the home by private individuals. |
| Booking | No appointment needed. |
| Service area | ["Municipio de Madrid, 351 mobile stops and 70 proximity points"] |
| Run by | Ayuntamiento de Madrid, a municipal service |
Where your things go
A named destination is worth more than a stated intention, and both are worth more than silence. This is the row to read before you book: if your item's row is empty, ask them on the phone and tell us what they say.
- ✓ Named destination
- ~ Stated, not named
- ? Nothing published
- Tell us what you were told →
Does it actually work
The part no company website tells you. Some of this comes from our checks, some from readers who used the service, and where nobody has told us yet, it says so.
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Booking
Their pages
No booking. Turn up at the scheduled stop. 22 district routes listed on the page; stops, days and times are published per district and in the Portal de Datos Abiertos.
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Typical wait
Needs reports
Not established
Drop-off service, no wait stated. Settle by timing a visit to a scheduled stop, or leave null.
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Do they answer
Needs reports
Not established
Neither page gives a phone number. Settle by confirming with 010 whether it handles mobile and proximity point enquiries.
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Restrictions
Their pages
Proximity points sited inside municipal buildings are only open during that building's hours.
Households only · Not for business waste · Household quantities only
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Who it's for
Their pages
Madrid households only, household quantities.
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Last checked
Pipeline
29 August 2026
Checked against the sources listed on this page.
What happens to it
- Recycled
- Broken down for materials
This describes the route the item takes, as the operator states it. We do not claim a recovery rate we have not seen evidence for.
What readers told us
Used them recently?
How long you waited, what they refused, whether anyone picked up the phone. Those are the three facts no website publishes and the ones the next reader needs.
Alternatives in Madrid
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ReMAD: intercambio de objetos
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- Takes
- furniture, appliances, electronics, books, and 3 more
- Where
- Camino de Coslada 18 (San Blas-Canillejas)
- Booking
- By appointment
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- Wait
- No fixed wait published; urgent pickups prioritised when the route allows
- Where
- ["Madrid
- Booking
- Book online
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Reuse
Traperos de Emaús Madrid
Asociación Traperos de Emaús Madrid
- Takes
- furniture, appliances, electronics, books, and 2 more
- Wait
- About 8 working days on average, varying by area
- Where
- Tiendas: Ribera de Curtidores 3 y 5
- Booking
- By phone